The man addressed him in a teasing tone which made Bai Yunxian feel even more ashamed than usual.
"I’m fine, thank you."
Perhaps it’s due to the fact that he sensed a feeling of familiarity, a strong bond that he won’t feel so often, Bai Yunxian was able to pour his heart out like this. And right now, he was more than sure that the strong smell coming from this man was something he smelled before.
The way he knelt down before Bai Yunxian, hugged him by the shoulder and consoled him, patting his back, it was as if he knew him for a long time. A act that was very informal, raised Bai Yunxian’s suspicion even more.
"Take this and get lost if you are done, don’t disturb my sweet dreams."
Seeing that Bai Yunxian calmed down, the masked man waved his hand as he gestured to Bai Yunxian to get out of the room.
"Sir, I—"
Bai Yunxian didn’t get to say anything more as he got kicked out of the room just like that, wondering if he could meet the masked man again and when, what he should ask and how.
Bai Yunxian left in a daze, hasty manner.
At the same time, inside the VIP room of the library’s second floor.
"Finally, he’s gone. I almost got caught, this guy, why the hell is he so quick to take on in sych matters?"
The masked man’s mouth was flooding with complaints as he took off the mask and placed it over the table. Then washed his face with clean water as he wiped it clean.
The chibi system jumped out from his behind as it croosed it’s arms and scolded the guy harshly, "Seriously, can’t you be a little more self aware? Look at what you’ve done, what if he truly recognised you?! What kinda explanation you were going to give him then?"
Yun Shu gave off a hearty smile as she put the towel away and sat down.
Yun Shu seemed to be relaxed as she tapped on the table with her fingers and looked up at the chibi figure with a faint smile, "It’s alright, I didn’t get caught did I? I’m not planning to hide my identity the whole mission duration, just for a certain amount of time, until the start of the main plot. Though, I was wondering how long it would take for him to visit me. If he didn’t come here today, I would’ve gone to meet him instead during the day at any time, any moment."
’She is truly... one of a kind foreign creature.’ Chen Yi thought in silence, giving her a strange look.
"Anyway, this time, your mission is to prevent the character Jiao Zhan`s death, so that the Male wouldn’t go berserk. Do it properly, or I’ll throw you out of the window!"
Hearing the threatening tone, Yun Shu’s smile got even broader as she nodded her head.
’Even his pose when angry is also cute! How could I feel threatened when facing such a dangerous cute pose! If it continues, I might die from his cute attack!’
Perhaps it was because Chen Yi looked like a chibi version of Bai Yunxian, Yun Shu felt a certain amount of affection towards the system that couldn’t be described in word, but she never showed it outside less he freaked out and calls her a pervert!
What’s more she looked away was the biggest flaw of Chen Yi, that she pretended not to know and overlooked. But in its case, Chen Yi sometimes acted more human-like, which was unnatural for a mere system function. To be more precise, he acts like a grumpy six years old pretending to mature and all.
Perhaps it was due to him being a completely new system hosting for the fist time, that’s why he seemed to be inexperienced and immature, but Yun Shu always felt that it wasn’t actually the real case.
In any way, there seemed to be something more than meets the eyes, but Yun Shu didn’t wish to pry on this hidden piece of information right away.
Besides, coaxing this guy into doing something out of the rules he bound her with was something she has now become experienced in, so it wasn’t time to cut off the connection with him yet.
"Ok, ok, I understand. I won’t make such a mistake again. Let it go for now, hm? As you can see, the development went well, didn’t it? Now, Bai Yunxian will be able to learn the inscription scroll and defeat the villains of this round, this will help him prevent his misfortune right? Besides, now I can directly go outside and take action in case something goes wrong, since he knows who I am, he won’t mind taking help from me, nor will he suspect me of being a crooked guy... blah blah blah..."
Yun Shu started bombering Chen Yi with words as she tried to show him all the benefits, trying her best to coax him, begging him not to scold her by using her puppy eyes.
’This woman! She surely knows when to use those puppy eyes on me!’
’Today, I’m gonna give her a piece of my mind no matter what!’
’Do-don’t give up, I can’t give up!’
’No! Damn!’
After listening to her blaber for ten minutes, Chen Yi looked at Yun Shu, preparing to scold her. However, when he saw the puppy eyes wallowing with water as Yun Shu looked at him with grief, Chen Yi gave up on scolding her as he looked flushed red, coughing awkwardly to clear his throat.
"Fine, fine, you win. But don’t think this will continue, I won’t let you off if there’s gonna be a next time! I’ll spank you for sure!"
Yun Shu felt like laughing out loud, however, suppressing her laughter from bursting out, she only nodded her head obediently.
’Think of something else, think of something sad, Yun Shu! Don’t laugh out loud!’